The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21
FACT AND FANCY.

month on real estate dealers.
The Baltimore school board has just voted
down motion to abolish corporal punishment
In the public schools--yeas 8, nsys9
A bin has been introduced in the South
Carolina legislature TO reduce the salaries Of
all the state officers and their clerks.
Carl Werner a "siraw bondsman," wa'
sentenced to seven years In the penitcntiary
by New York court the other day.
A number of spurious postal cards found re-
Gently In Pittsburgh were SO skill'ully exec"
ted that their detection was very difficult
One hundred farmers institutes will be held
this winter in Ohio as part OF the commemora-
ton of the one bundrcdth anniversary OF the
founding Of the state.
In the center OF the dning-room OF Mos
COW (Russia) hotel Is a large fountain stocked
with fish, from which, when he received an
order. the waiter takes fish alive with dip
net.
A patriotic and devout citizen OF Newark, N.
j., having given n plat OF land worth s4o,ooo
10 the First Baptist Church society, now oilers
10 nut up a sTb 900 structure at his sole cx'
pense.
The important discovery has been made by
the bureau OF labor statistics OF Maine that 81
Will purchase now as much as could be bought
In 1877 for Sill. II will also purchase twice
Us much labor.
At Amsterdam, n. Y, one day recently,
heavy stone fell from a wagon, and the next
morning nearly every newspaper In the coun'
- tho fal nj three.
ton aerollte in that city.
There is talk Of stocking the rivers OF eastern
Maine with black bass The plan is opposed
by many persons on the ground that the new
corners would destroy the salmon when
abound in those streams.
colony of Swcdcs has purchased several
lots In the city Of Tallapoosa, Ga, ana WIZ
erect ON II mallcablc iron foundry, which
viii he the first of It's kind ever put up south
of the Mason and Dixon line
Beef cattle at Tucson, Arizona, arc cheap
and ia big demand, being brought up by san
Francisco dealers. The cattle are IN splen'
did condition. stockmen are realizing ana
cents per pound on foot at TIE railroad
depot
Large numbers of pauper children are ship
ped annually from England 10 Canada ana
inspectors have lately been appointed by the
British government to come over and see now
the Dominion is treating her friendless
charges.
One OF the finest bigh-school buildings III
the world Is owned by the city OF Fall RIVER
Mass. The half million dollws, when was
used IN It's construction, was given by q
wealthy friend Of education. 1T is ad
mirably equipped, and iire-prooi.
The largest passenger engine, rerhaps' III
this country was recently completed at 10
connective factory at Paterson n. j. 1t weighs
ll2 900 hounds, and has only four drivc-whcels
The heaviest freight engines weigh mi 'i't''
over 10 1000 pounds, and tlev have e'gh'
drivers.
The object Of the naslueradlng professions
On New Years day AZ PHILADELPHIA may IN
learned by perusal OF the mayors permit
which was granted this wear ON CONDITION tha'
the maskers refrain from kissing woman
against their will, smashing the hats of clt'
zcus, and making themselves generally oh
noyious."
A poor New Yorker got rid Of some rlcl
country relatives who had came to see th'
cty ut his expense IN short order the othe
day by presenting them, shortly after 'hcir az
rival, with a little rcdcrercd guide doom
with the legend "The way to see New YORK !
half your intended tinsc'' inscrfbcd IN go''
letters scross the from usptece.
Ocean steamship companies are said to ID
making but little money this year. There ar
TOO many steamships OF the old type. A re
yolu.lon Is going forward In steamships. tn
new triplc-eypansion engines by whlch ,n
steam is worked over three times Instead @
once. rs formerly, makes all the difference oe
tween a dydcnd-paying concern aud losin
one.
John Owen snyder the walking freak, Ia
given up appearing in museums, and Is Dac
at his humble home, ncnr Hartford CITY, Inc
He is wearing out under the trelnenu
GUS strain caused by his curious disease an
can't live long. He must walk; but his step
are feeble His disRsc has been blessing
his family for he has made cuough none
from museums to support his family IN con
fort.
mule deer and fallow buck, whose pen
In the Philadelphia Geological gardens wei
separated by a fence, got together the oihc
night, and were found In the morning wit
their horns iuterlocked Ia deadly combat.
required the exertions OF three keepers To set
| crate them. aud when this was accomplishe
the deer chased the men from the pen I'd
keepers trlumphcd In the end.
The United States has been, without doub
.he most prolific Of all countries In the worl
in the issue Of postage stamps, having pr
forth over tive hundred different vs'.tles alt'
gcther. The number OF distinct ysrIiies is''
ell bv the various governments throughout u
world Is variously estimated, but 5000 woul